Outside the door, Ma Xiaoquan and Beiming Shuangxue put their ears to the window and eavesdropped. Hua Yue covered her mouth with a blushing face and chuckled. While laughing, she reached out and hit Ma Xiaoquan on the back.
"Ms. sir, why are you like this..."
Ma Xiaoquan and Beiming Shuangxue looked at each other and whispered: "I call it confirmation. Although you can't see it, you can still hear it to confirm whether Ma Zhi and Ge Shuqing are married."
Beiming Shuangxue also said with a serious face: "I also have to make sure that the couple can do that... Besides, Sister Yue'er, this is the kiln hall..."
Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, and then she realized what she was doing. Seeing that there were some inappropriately dressed ladies around staring at the three of them, Hua Yue got excited and grabbed Ma Xiaoquan's ears.
"Ouch~~" Ma Xiaoquan's ears hurt, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Humph, you are so familiar with this place. Maybe you always come here secretly when you are doing business, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan had a look of injustice on his face and thought to himself, "How can I have the energy to live happily here again if I serve the four of you alone?"
"Okay, okay, let's go, let's go~~" Ma Xiaoquan broke away from Huayue's hand, hugged her, and pulled Beiming Shuangxue away, who was still eavesdropping, and hurriedly left the kiln.
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That evening, Ma Zhicai led Ge Shuqing back to Ma's house.
Seeing that Ge Shuqing's face was flushed and her hair was tied up high, Ma Xiaoquan and Beiming Shuangxue next to him looked at each other. The latter understood and stepped forward to hold Ge Shuqing's arms.
Qing's arm, said: "Sister Qing'er, come on, I still have some medicine here, I need to help you adjust your body. Since you have become a woman, you have to leave a seed for Ma Zhi."
"Hmm~~" Ge Shuqing lowered her head in embarrassment and hummed softly.
...
Watching Beiming Shuangxue leave with Ge Shuqing on her arm, Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward, hugged Ma Zhi, and asked with a grin: "How are you? Are you feeling good?"
Ma Zhi looked at Ma Xiaoquan with some horror, feeling worried and a little admired at the same time. At this point, he finally understood why Ma Xiaoquan could become the first generation head of the Ma family. If he didn't have some real ability, it wouldn't be possible.
With a "pop" sound, Ma Zhi suddenly knelt in front of Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan just glanced at it and did not help Ma Zhi up. He just said lightly: "Do you know now?"
Ma Zhi raised his head like a lamb. Regardless of whether he was sincere at this moment, at least for now, it seemed that he was convinced by Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "Looking at your expression, should I be satisfied or dissatisfied?"
Ma Zhidao: "The first generation head of the family, I..."
"Okay, you don't have to say anything...I'll tell you a story. Well, you get up..."
Ma Xiaoquan led Ma Zhi to the study, closed the door, and asked Ma Zhi to sit down.
"What's the story about the first generation of the family?"
"Well, let me think about it..." Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be deep, dragging his chin and thinking for a while, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that book written by Luo Guanzhong, have you read it?"
Ma Zhi nodded: "I've watched it several times, it's very exciting."
"Haha, yes, it is very exciting...but do you think it is true or false?"
Ma Zhi thought for a while and said: "The romance is naturally half true and half false."
"Well, you know it very well, so let me ask you again, have you read "Three Kingdoms"?"
"See it."
"Yes, there is a biography of Mao Jie in it, have you read it?"
"Well, I've seen it..."
"So is there any mention of a man named Mao Gang?"
Ma Zhi shook his head: "No."
"Haha... let me tell you, Mao Jie has a nephew named Mao Gang. This Mao Gang is naturally the first disciple accepted by me, Ma Xiaoquan, the first generation of the family.
So far, the only apprentice."
Ma Zhi was stunned and said in surprise: "There is a record in the family genealogy book, saying that Mao Gang later rebelled and killed the first mistress... Could it be..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It's true." After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan closed his eyes and seemed reluctant to remember what happened back then.
"Really..." Ma Zhi's eyes widened. Although he still had some doubts about the Ma family classics he had read before, Ma Xiaoquan sat in front of him and said for sure that this was true.
Zhi was a little confused.
"I don't understand..." Finally, Ma Zhi expressed his confusion, "I don't understand why, since the classics are true, why is there written 'No' at the back of each classic?
OK' three words?"
"I really don't know about this, maybe it was written by the younger generations."
"Then what you said may not be true..."
"Haha, I didn't force you to believe that what I said was true. I just told you that you and I are both members of the Ma family. I will not do anything to regret the Ma family. At the same time, I also hope that you will not
You have done something sorry to the Ma family. Although you have now married into the Songshu family, it does not mean that you can completely forget your identity."
Ma Zhi didn't speak, but his eyes flickered a little waveringly.
"Secondly, you should know something more or less. I went to Liaodong before, went to Ningyuan in person, and guarded Ningyuan with my second brother and third brother... Oh, by the way, Ma Yuan and Ma Cheng
They don’t know my identity, so I’m like their fourth son. Now in the Ma family, in addition to grandma, your father, and second sister-in-law Qiao Yu know my identity. Of course, your mother
, Well, I pretend to be Ma Si Shao and I have to call her mother, she is a good woman...and a very good mother..."
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan mentioned Ma Zhi's mother, Ma Zhi's body suddenly shook, then his nose became sore, and finally he couldn't hold it back and cried.
Ma Xiaoquan did not laugh at Ma Zhi. After all, this was a true expression of a man's feelings. If nothing else, at least when it came to missing his mother, Ma Zhi seemed to be sincere.
After a long time, Ma Zhi stopped crying.
Ma Xiaoquan poured him a cup of tea. Ma Zhi glanced at Ma Xiaoquan gratefully, picked up the teacup, and drank it all in one gulp.
"The fact that I can go to Ningyuan in person and fight with the Ma family proves that I, Ma Xiaoquan, have done my best for the safety of the family. But in this capital, without my protection, the Ma family would have been plotted by Wei Zhongxian long ago.
"
At this point, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly smiled and said: "Ma Zhi, I know that Wei Zhongxian gave you the title of counselor of Jinyiwei. I also know that you have been suppressed by the Geshu family for a long time. You are eager for power, or in other words, you
You long for power that can compete with the Songs and Books family, right?"
Ma Zhi nodded.
"It's just... have you ever thought that back then, the Songs and Books family could direct you to fake your death? Then one day when your wings grow hard, they might not mind letting you die for real."
Ma Zhi was surprised. He really hadn't thought much about this question.
"You don't have to be afraid. At least I can protect you for one day in the capital."
Ma Zhi asked: "Do you want to leave?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Actually, I should have left a long time ago. I came here just to complete my mission... It's just that too many things happened and I owed some people, so I had to...
And stay again and again."
"Is it because of Qinghan? Or is it because of Hua Yue and the other women?"
"Haha, both. Well, if you think about it now, the day when I leave is really not that far away..."
"Leave, where are you going?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I don't know either, but I know I have to go."
"Then Huayue and the others..."
"Yue'er and the others all said they would come with me. I won't tell the others, and I haven't considered taking them with me. After all, no one is sure of the unknown danger..."
Ma Zhi snorted: "Then what you were telling me about Mao Gang just now..."
Ma Xiaoquan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and asked, "Did Fang Yun take you to the gathering place during the day?"
"Hmm~~"
"Fang Yun...did he tell you anything?"
Ma Zhi was stunned and asked: "What do you know?"
"Haha, what do you think I should know?"
Ma Zhi took a long breath. On the way to the gathering place with Fang Yun earlier, he did talk about Wei Zhongxian's many good things, and he called Wei Zhongxian respectfully. Fang Yun always called him "Master Wei," or "Nine Thousand Years Old"
.
Although Ma Zhi felt something was wrong, he didn't think about it that deeply at that time. Now that he thought about it, Fang Yun was probably Wei Zhongxian's man...
Seeing that Ma Zhi was silent, Ma Xiaoquan reached out and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "You don't have to worry, I still said that I won't do anything to the Ma family... But I have a premise, don't
Betrayal, never..."
Absolutely not. Absolutely not.
Ma Zhi understood in an instant: "What do you mean..."
"No~~" Ma Xiaoquan grinned, "There's no point in alerting the snake... Besides, Fang Yun can't be punished until death. More importantly, if Fang Yun is killed by me, what will happen to Fangfang?
face?"
Ma Zhi smiled bitterly. Ma Xiaoquan's words were indirectly telling him that if one day Fang Yun really betrays him, you, Ma Zhi, should be the first to kill him.
In other words, you, Ma Zhi, are my executioner, Ma Xiaoquan, the person who executed Fang Yun.
Ma Zhi did not speak, and Ma Xiaoquan had no intention of forcing him to express his position. His purpose was very simple, as long as Ma Zhi understood this truth. As for what Ma Zhi thought and how to act afterwards, that was also his business and his decision...